Cosmik Debris: The Collected History & Improvisations Of Frank Zappa

NEW EDITION Available January 2017!

FRANK ZAPPA is the most prolific composer and recording artist of the 20th Century. Besides his guitar mastery, Zappa's ability of incorporating any style into his unique body of work is unprecedented! Even before his death in 1993, Frank Zappa attained artistic success and respect in the rock and classical worlds. In recent years, an increasing number of classical ensembles have included Zappa's music on program including other great masters, such as Mozart and Rossini.

Here are some of the many interesting items shown unedited for the first time in Cosmik Debris:

The Look Magazine article that interested Zappa in the music of Edgard Varèse

The Varèse and Stravinsky LPs that became Zappa's first album purchases

The complete rundown of the Pal/Studio Z era (1961-1965)

The Brian Lord and Junier Mintz singles that all other books claim weren't released!